Stand for displaying goods for sale or inspection



J. MANSELL-PHAYHE. STAND FUR DISPLAYING GOODS FOR SALE OR INSPECTION.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 25. I920.

1,412,126. Patented p -11, 1922.

5 SHEETSSHEET l- J. MANSELL-PHAYRE.

STAND FOR DISPLAYING GOODS FOR SALE OR INSPECTION.

APPLICATION mu) MAR. 25, x920.

1,412, 126. Patented Apr. 11, '1922 5 SHEETS-SHEET Z I. MANSELL-PHAYRE.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

J. MA NSELL-PHAYRE. STAND FUR DISPLAYING GOODS FOR SALE OR INSPECTION.

APPLICATION mm man. 25, 1920.

1 ,412,126. atented Apr. 11, 1922.

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Mam roe am flaws LL f/fi fe J. MANSELL-PHAYBE.

STAND FUR DISPLAYING GOODS FOR SALE OR INSPECTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. I920.

1,412,126. Patented p 11, 1922.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 5- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MANSELL-PHAYBE, OF WEST COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

Application filed March 25, 1920. Serial No. 368,558.

To all wimm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MANSELL- PHAYnn, a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, and a resident oi West ('owes, isle of Wight,rounty of Hampshire, England, have invented a certain new and usefulimprovement in Stands for Dis playing Goods for Sale or Inspection, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to collapsible stands for displaying goods, and tothe kind which, when folded up, orcupy but little room, but, when openedout, can be readily changed from any one of a multiplicity of shapes ordesigns to form another shape or design, to suit circumstances,positions or requirements without involving any structural alterations.

A stand in accordance with my invention, and Whlt'll can be made of woodor metal, and is designed for the display of haberdushery and goods ingeneral, consists essentially of a, n umber of members, such as bars,rods, tubes, pivotally and loirlmbly eonnected together in shell mannerthat on opening out or turning said members on their pivotalrenovations, and in a plane perpendicular to the base of the stand, saidstand can be arranged in the desired shape or design.

For a clear understanding of the invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying sheets of drawings, wherein:-

Figure 1 is a view of the stand in its folded up condition.

Figures 2 and 3 show, by Way of example only, two of the shapes ordesigns said stand may assume when opened out, Figure 2 showing the samearranged as a, sloping design for resting on the ground or bench, whilstFigure 3 shows the stand arranged as for a pedestal design.

Figure 4 is a view showin a modified arrangement of stand hereinafterreferred to.

Figures 5 and G are views illustrative of the pivoting together of twomembers.

Figure 7 is a View of a modified arrangement of two-part foot, the samebeing shown in its closed up position.

Figure 8 is a view of the same inits opened out position.

Figure 9 is a view of a clip for attachrfnont to the detachable part ofthe two-part oot.

Figure 10 is a. view showing the clip attached thereto.

Figure ii. is a Sll'tlfHlfll View showing the llt'iilf'lltlblfi l'ootpart and clip a plied to the mid of (mo of the pivotal members.

Figure 12 is a view illustrative of a, telescopic arrangement of stand,the some bein shown in one of its multiplicity of positions.

Figure 13 is n fragmentary view showing the foot member of the standpivotal] and loekably i-onneuted to the base thereo Like letters ofreference indicate correspoi'iding parts in the several figures.

In carrying out the invention. and referring first to Figures 1, 2 andt, the stand comprises the live members a, b, c, d and e respootivelyconstituting a standard, a. cross piece, and article supports, adaptedto be olded up together in the manner shown in Figure l. Of these fivemembers. the members u, and 7) each consist of two bars, the bars a attheir upper ends being pivotally oouneetod to the bars 1;, outsidethereof and centrally in their length by means of a thnmbsorew or thelike a, or by any suitable :nrnngement of looking bolt to prevent anymovement of said bars aand b in relation to one another when set in therequired shape.

Between the bars I) of the cross piece, and at the ends thereof, themembers a and e are pivot-ally mounted by means of thumb- SUI'GWS or thelike I), and on the screw or the like o and also between said bars b ispivotally mounted the member d, said members r. (I and 1% being at theirfree ends each n'ovided with a table or platform said tables orplatforms g, which may detuelmble or otherwise, being notched or cutawayat g*-Figure 1--to take over the bars I; when said members 0, d and eare folded up.

T he member a at its free end is provided with a. foot 7' afiixedthereto in any suitable manner. ii'nd said foot f is formed with a halfnotrh 7'Figures 1 and 2-for the engagement therein, when required, ofanother foot kas shown in Figure 3.

A. stop i-l igures 2 and 3-is provided for detachable engagement underthe member h. to prevent said member I) turning when unevenly weighted,said stop 2' being clamped on to the member a by thumbscrew or othersuitable means, and removed therefrom when the stand is to be folded.

Further, weights are, or may be, provided for detachable aflixment tothe feet f and In, as the case. may be, when the stand is used, inconditions such as shown in Figure 3, in order to maintain a firm base.

Further in the modified arrangement of stand shown in Fi ire 4, each barb may be constituted by a t rec-part bar, that is to say, centralportion b, to which the members a are pivoted, and two end portions 1)pivotally connected to the central portion the bars 0, (l and 6 beingpivoted to these portions as in the previous example. This arrangementallows of the bars 5 being set in positions pivoting from the centralportion I) in addition to the bars b as a whole pivoting at It. thusincreasing the range of positions. This arrangement of stand folds up insimilar manner to that shown in Figure 1, the central bar d being madein two parts pivoted together at d to facilitate the folding up.

For the pivotal connection of the members such as e, which carry thegoods for sale or inspection, the following arran 'ement is to bepreferred, that is to say, said members e, which take between the barsor members I) carried by the standard (IF-Figures 7 and 8of the stand.are as shown in Figures 5 and 6, provided with a slot 0' in the lowerend e to take over the stem of the thumb screw 7) by which the parts areclamped or locked together. the provision of the slot. not only allowingof the turning movements of the member 0 within the members I), but alsothe easy withdrawal of said member 1; without taking all the parts topieces.

As shown in Figures 7 and 8, the members a of the stand carry the fixedpart f of the foot of the stand. whilst the movable part 1.: of saidfoot is pivotally and detachably connected thereto by screw bolt and nutis, the under surface of the fixed part f and the. upper surface of the.movable. part in being so shaped as to allow of said Part In swingingwithin said part f, as in Figure 8. when required for use. a hole Inbeing provided in the pa rt Ir for the reception of a screw, by means ofwhich the foot, as a whole, may be fixed to a counter or other part.

ml"igure 9is a clip provided with two upstanding springy and slottedjaws m. adapted to take in the slot k=Figure lib-of the detachable partis to receive the pivot pin 7; at one end of the cross piece I), when itis desired to provide a broad base or bearing for the stand. That is tosay the resilient jaws m may be inserted between the members I and thelower end P2 of the member 0,

the slot of jaws m taking over the stem of the thumbscrew b, as shown inFigure 11, the whole being rigidly held together by tightening up saidthumbscrew b.

\Vith the auxiliary foot is applied in this manner. the stand isrendered capable of supporting a greater weight or an overhanging weightwhich it otherwise would not support.

In Figure 12 is shown a telescopic arrangement of stand, sucharrangement iving an increase in the ran e of utility,viz:-adjustability as to beig t. For this purpose the foot member of thestand is constitutcd by two tubular parts a, a respectively, the part a,which part a is carried by a one-piece base or foot f, bein provided attop with a thumbscrew a to iock the part (1* in its desired positions.The bar b is constituted as in Figure 4, by a three-part bar that is tosay, by a central portion 1) to which the part (1* of the foot member isconnected. and two end rtions b pivotally and lockably connects to saidcentral part b the goods-carrying bars a and e being pivoted and lockedto said end portions 6, whilst the central coils-carrying rod d isarranged to slide t rough the central portion b and telescope into thepart a" of the foot member a, said bar at being locked, when in itsrequired position, to the central portion I) by means of a screw b".

Further. to increase the range of positions which the stand may take,the foot member a, as shown in Figure 13, is pivotally mounted in a lagf on the base f and is locked in said lug f by means of thumbscrcw f.

I claim l. A collapsible display stand including a standard, across-piece pivotally connected to said standard and adapted to registerwith the standard when folded into alinement therewith, and articlesupporting arms pivotally carried by the cross-piece and foldable to a.position substantially within the boundaries of the cross-piece.

2. A collapsible display stand including a standard. consisting ofspaced members, a cross piece iivotally connected to said standard and aso consisting of spaced apart members adapted to nest within the spacedapart members of the standard when the cross piece is folded intoalignment therewith, and article supporting arms pivotally carried bythe cross piece and adapted to be folded to a position substantiallywithin the limits of the cross piece.

3. A collapsible display stand including a standard, consisting ofspaced apart members. a supporting foot carried by one end of thestandard a cross piece pivotally connected to the other end of thestandard and arranged between said members thereof whereby it may befolded between the mem hers of the standard when collapsed, meanscarried by the standard adjacent to the point of pivotal connection ofthe cross piece therewith to hold the latter in the desired angularposition with reference to the standard, and article supporting armscarried by the cross piece, said cross piece adapted to carry asteadying foot when the same is disposed in an inclined position toassist in supporting the stand.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature hereto this 9th day ofFebruary,

JOHN MANSELL-PHAYRE.

